[SpaceX] Launch of SpaceX Dragon On CRS-1 Mission

  • 12 years ago
The fourth SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral today, October 8th 2012 at 00:35 UTC. The rocket carried another Dragon Spacecraft into orbit where it will deliver cargo to the International Space Station, this is the first of 12 planned flights for NASA to the orbiting complex. Dragon will bring just over 450kg of cargo and return nearly 900kg of cargo back to Earth.